linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] mm/memblock: fix overlapping allocation when doubling reserved array

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:21:47 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Pearson, Greg" <greg.pearson@...com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"hpa@...ux.intel.com" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	"shangw@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <shangw@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"yinghai@...nel.org" <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"benh@...nel.crashing.org" <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mm/memblock: fix overlapping allocation when
 doubling reserved array

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:00:22 +0000
"Pearson, Greg" <greg.pearson@...com> wrote:

> I wasn't quite sure what to do about that at first either, I read 
> "Documentation/SubmittingPatches" and it says:
> 
> "The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
> development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path."
> 
> Since Yinghai contributed some code that is in the current version of 
> the patch I thought the "Signed-off-by" tag would be ok, but if 
> something else is more appropriate I have no problem re-cutting the 
> patch to make the chain of custody more clear.

Yup, we shouldn't expect people to be able to magically infer
fine-grained details such as this from hints embedded in the signoff
trail.  Fortunately we can write stuff in English ;)

I added

: This patch contains contributions from Yinghai Lu.

to the changelog.  Simple, huh? :)
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